Comments on: Bath Time http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/ Ramblings, Rants, and Photos of the MothMan Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:45:50 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: MothMan http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/comment-page-1/#comment-188 MothMan Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:28:00 +0000 http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/#comment-188 Thanks for that wiregems. Cereal at 4 months, wow!! Thanks for that wiregems. Cereal at 4 months, wow!!

]]> By: wiregems http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/comment-page-1/#comment-187 wiregems Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:51:00 +0000 http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/#comment-187 My son took to the breast before we even left the hospital! He apparently thought it was great stuff, and wanted to eat about every hour-and-a-half. All day and all night. (Man, I can relate to that lack of sleep thing!) He was so healthy and grew so fast that we started supplementing with formula to ease the burden on my overworked boobs! Then at 4 months we started him on cereal, and he was just in hog-heaven! Apparently the "solid stuff" was pretty yummy, and he would voice his pleasure at feeding time with this "ummmm, hummmm, ummmm, ymmmm" thing. Hysterical! But by about 5 months, the breast milk didn't interest him any more, and we were off to the races with various strained vegetables and fruits. Every baby is different...just keep enjoying yours. Love her--that's all she really needs! My son took to the breast before we even left the hospital! He apparently thought it was great stuff, and wanted to eat about every hour-and-a-half. All day and all night. (Man, I can relate to that lack of sleep thing!) He was so healthy and grew so fast that we started supplementing with formula to ease the burden on my overworked boobs! Then at 4 months we started him on cereal, and he was just in hog-heaven! Apparently the “solid stuff” was pretty yummy, and he would voice his pleasure at feeding time with this “ummmm, hummmm, ummmm, ymmmm” thing. Hysterical! But by about 5 months, the breast milk didn’t interest him any more, and we were off to the races with various strained vegetables and fruits. Every baby is different…just keep enjoying yours. Love her–that’s all she really needs!

]]> By: MothMan http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/comment-page-1/#comment-186 MothMan Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:27:00 +0000 http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/#comment-186 Thanks for the comments and reassurance Kinnigurl. :)<br/><br/>We've talked about a soother... but to this point we don't use/have one, and for whatever reason, we're hoping we can get away without using one. Thanks for the comments and reassurance Kinnigurl. :)

We’ve talked about a soother… but to this point we don’t use/have one, and for whatever reason, we’re hoping we can get away without using one.

]]> By: kinnigurl http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/comment-page-1/#comment-185 kinnigurl Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:42:00 +0000 http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/#comment-185 Firstly your photos are beautiful and your darling Emma looks so much like my daughter did when she was a baby. Breast feeding for some babies is not easy. My daughter didn't take to it that well and it was a struggle, but I persisted and topped her up with formula or breast milk that I had expressed myself (I didn't have a pump) and she seemed to do okay. My son on the other hand was crazy for breast milk and would suckle away for 15-20 minutes, glug down his share and be on his way. Tell Lisa just to stay calm when she is nursing and maybe only let Emma suckle for 20 minutes at a time as she probably isn't really getting anything after that, and she may just need to suck. A soother is always a good substitute, if you are into that, some people are not. Emma may be unsatisfied because she wants to suck and not because she is hungry. Just a thought, but it might help. The breast feeding clinic would be a definite help. Good luck - I'm sure things will turn out just fine. Firstly your photos are beautiful and your darling Emma looks so much like my daughter did when she was a baby. Breast feeding for some babies is not easy. My daughter didn’t take to it that well and it was a struggle, but I persisted and topped her up with formula or breast milk that I had expressed myself (I didn’t have a pump) and she seemed to do okay. My son on the other hand was crazy for breast milk and would suckle away for 15-20 minutes, glug down his share and be on his way. Tell Lisa just to stay calm when she is nursing and maybe only let Emma suckle for 20 minutes at a time as she probably isn’t really getting anything after that, and she may just need to suck. A soother is always a good substitute, if you are into that, some people are not. Emma may be unsatisfied because she wants to suck and not because she is hungry. Just a thought, but it might help. The breast feeding clinic would be a definite help. Good luck – I’m sure things will turn out just fine.

]]> By: MothMan http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/comment-page-1/#comment-184 MothMan Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:28:00 +0000 http://mothman.efx3.com/2008/10/19/bath-time/#comment-184 Chica, thanks. THe clinic is closed today I think (Sunday) but hopefully she will go Monday.<br/><br/>And thanks re: the photos... I like the hand shot too. :)<br/><br/><br/><br/>Matt: Yeah, we bought a manual pump and Lisa uses it once or twice a day, so that's an added bonus, that we can get a feed or two with breast milk from the bottle. The pump doesn't work extremely well for Lisa though... it's not bad, but it doesn't get everything out. Chica, thanks. THe clinic is closed today I think (Sunday) but hopefully she will go Monday.

And thanks re: the photos… I like the hand shot too. :)

Matt: Yeah, we bought a manual pump and Lisa uses it once or twice a day, so that’s an added bonus, that we can get a feed or two with breast milk from the bottle. The pump doesn’t work extremely well for Lisa though… it’s not bad, but it doesn’t get everything out.

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